Tucker

City of Thomas Rate Change

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CITY OF THOMAS
PO Box 248
Thomas. WV 26292
Phone: (304) 463-4360 Fax: (304} 463-4697 e-mail: [email protected]
Tariff Form No. 12 (Tariff Rule 44)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES BY MUNICIPALITIES
NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Thomas has adopted by ordinance on August 9, 2016, a tariff containing increased rates for providing service to customers of the City Water and Waste Water systems. The increase affects approximately 350 commercial and residential customers of the Water System and approximately 302 commercial and residential customers of the Waste Water System in the City of Thomas, Tucker County, West Virginia.
The proposed increase rates will become effective October 1, 2016 unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately$ 36,000 annually in additional revenue for Water – an increase of 32{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}, and $42,000 in additional revenue for Waste Water – an increase of 27{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c}.
The average monthly bill for residential accounts (3,000 gals.) will be $22.67 for Water and $27.00 for Waste Water.
The average monthly bill for commercial accounts (13,000 gals.) will be $94.17 for Water and $117.00 for Waste Water.
The average monthly bill for the various classed of customer will be changed as follows:
$ Increase/Month    {4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c} Increase
Water Accounts:
Residential (3,000 gals / month)    $ 5.49    31.97
Commercial (13,000 gals / month)    $ 22.79    31.93
Waste Water Accounts:
Residential (3,000 gals / month)    $ 5.76    27.12
Commercial (13,000 gals / month)    $ 24.96    27.12
The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated class. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. The requested rates are proposals only and are subject to change by the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing. The Commission shall review and approve or modify the increase in rates only upon the filing of a petition within thirty (30) days of the adoption of the ordinance changing said rates, by:
(1) Any customer aggrieved by the change in rates, who presents to the Commission a petition signed by no less than twenty-five percent of the customers served by such municipally operated public utility; or
(2) Any customer who is served by a municipally operated public utility and who resides outside the corporate limits and who is affected by the change in said rates and who presents to the Commission a petition alleging discrimination between customers within and without the municipal boundaries.
Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence of discrimination; or
(3) Any customer or group of customers who are affected by said change in rates who reside within the municipal boundaries and who present a petition to the Commission alleging discrimination between said customer or group of customers and other customers of the municipal utility.
Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence of discrimination.
All petitions should be addressed to the:
Executive Secretary. Public Service Commission of West Virginia
201 Brooks Street, P 0 Box 812, Charleston. WV 25323
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the utility to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at the following office of the utility:
City Hall, City of Thomas, 307 Spruce Street, PO Box 248, Thomas WV 26292
A copy of the proposed rates is available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, PO Box 812, Charleston, WV 25323